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Even if you eat a lot more or a lot less salt for a week, your body still pees out about the same amount of potassium — your kidneys keep potassium steady no matter how much salt you consume.

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The study gave men different amounts of salt for a week but kept their potassium intake the same. No matter how much salt they ate, their bodies kept peeing out about the same amount of potassium — meaning the kidneys handle potassium and salt separately.

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